Miner s lamp



Nrrnn Arne HENRY J. RICHARDS, OF YVILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

MINERS LAMP.

SPFCIFIGAIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,041, dated January 26, 1886.

Application filed November 23, 1885. Serial No.183,715. (No model.)

To aZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY J. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVilkes-Barr, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Miners Lamps, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in miners lamps; and it has for its ob jects to provide for keeping the body of the lamp cool, so that it cannot take fire and melt or become otherwise injured from fire; to protect the wick and the flame from dripping water when sinking shafts and the like, and to provide a lamp which may be cheaply constructed, and can be used either as a miners lamp or an ordinary lamp, as occasion may require. These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved lamp complete; Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view of the same; Fig. 3, a detached perspective viewof the hood which protects the lamp from dripping water, and Fig. 4 a horizontal sectional view of the lamp.

The letter Aindieates the body of the lamp, which is constructed of metal or any other suitable material. From the shoulders of the body the neck of the lamp extends vertically upward, as indicated by the letter B, to form a seat for the stopper or cork G, which is provided with an eyebolt, D, to which one end of a chain, E, is attached, the other end being secured to the hook F of the lamp.

To the neck of the lamp is secured the upper end of ajacket or skirt, G, which surrounds the body, leaving an annular space, H, between it and said body, as shown. The upper part of said jacket or skirt is provided with a series of apertures or openings, I, so that the air may circulate freely around the lamp, and thus keep it from heating.

K indicates the wick-tube, which extends obliquely from the side of the lamp near its lower end, passing through a suitable opening in the jacket or skirt.

Through the upper part of the skirt, and entirely through the lamp, are extended the tubes L L. The said tubes are open at both ends, and are securely fastened to the lampbody and to thejacket or skirt, strengthening the parts and producing a substantial lamp. Into the tube L is inserted a wire picker or instrument, M, to be used for regulating and adjusting the wick when required. The other tubes,L L,forni supports for the wires N of the hood or shield P, which extends forward over the end of the wick-tube when in place, thus protecting the wick and the flame from dripping water. The lamp atone side is provided with the usual hook, as above mentioned, by which it can be secured to the hat of the miner.

By removing the cork and substituting an ordinary lamp-burner, the lamp may be used as an ordinary lamp, and various burners may be thus substituted to increase the utility of the lamp, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. Thecombinatiomwith thelamp-bodyand the skirt or jacket, of the tubes extending through the body and secured to the same and to the jacket, substantially as and forthe purposes specified.

2. The combination, in a miners lamp, of the tubes. extending vertically through the same and the hood having supporting-wires adapted to fit in two of the tubes to hold the hood over the flame, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, in a miners lamp, of the lamp-body and surrounding jacket, the vertical tubes extending through the body and jacket, the shield having wires adapted to fit in two of said tubes, and the picker fitted in the remaining tube, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I ZlffiX my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

hi. HENRY J. i RICHARDS.

mark. lVitnesses:

J os. T. SOANLAN, JOHN HAYCOCK. 

